Dim Sum appears as a signature dish in 1 Hong Kong cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Dim sum · Hong Kong
Hong Kong dim sum is the morning ritual of small steamed and fried dumplings rolled out on trolleys, har gow shrimp, siu mai pork, char siu bao, cheung fun rice rolls, served with bottomless pots of pu erh.
Dim sum (touch the heart) descends from Cantonese yum cha culture along the Silk Road and the Pearl River Delta. Hong Kong adopted the form from Guangzhou tea houses in the late 19th century, and by the 1950s every Cantonese kitchen ran dim sum carts in the morning. Lin Heung Tea House and T'ang Court keep the cart and trolley tradition; Tim Ho Wan added the baked char siu bun with sweet polo crust to the canon in 2009.
Where to eat in Hong Kong:
- Tim Ho Wan
- Lin Heung Tea House
- Lung King Heen
- T'ang Court
- Sun Hing Restaurant
- Yat Tung Heen
- Ming Court